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Monkey D Lightning
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A British idiot who plays too many games.

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In the effort to make myself more present on here and to help remember the media I've consumed this year, I've decided to start writing a list to keep track.

I've started to write about the films I've watched here:
letterboxd.com/relevantaura4/

This list will therefore be the games/shows I've done
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relevantaura4 uses Letterboxd to share film reviews and lists. 9 films watched. Favorites: The Empire Strikes Back (1980), GoldenEye (1995), Back to the Future (1985), The Matrix (1999).
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34) Yakuza Kiwami, frankly a pretty average game with annoying boss fights and one of the combat styles is levelled up through a different methods and a lot of the skills are locked behind being S++ on this other system, including a fairly useful Kiwami move which stops certain bosses
December 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I really don't like the controls of Metroid Prime 2, goes to show how much Prime Remastered did to make me like that game, for now I guess I just keep waiting for 2 & 3 to be remastered and not just ported either.
December 7, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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33) Ace Attorney Investigations: I really enjoyed this one, it was fun to play as Edgeworth and being able to run around during the investigations is so much better. The cases and characters are all really good and I enjoyed the few cameos from certain characters.

9/10
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December 6, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I find myself wanting the next Zelda to go back to a WW style sailing type thing, could be a lot of fun to have a spiritual successor of sorts
November 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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31) The Wind Waker: Not really my top Zelda, sailings a little too slow, the dungeons go from simple to a little tedious with the command melody stuff. However I do like the designs for a lot of stuff in this game along with the music and art style.

7/10
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November 20, 2025 at 10:08 PM
getting a little excited about that Zelda film, I really hope it's a totally original story though
November 18, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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30) Halo 3: This one did used to be my favourite Halo but recent playthoughs have started to drag it down for me, the gameplays as strong as ever but it's really hampered by the awful sections where 2 characters will slow you down to talk meaningless shite.
November 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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29) Halo 3: ODST, decided to do this one on Wed night and I really forget just how strong this game is, it's nice to play as an ODST although you do still feel pretty superhuman and while I did a playlist that cuts this part out it's also very cool to do a little bit of exploring
November 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
boy I forgot how much VR takes out of me, goddamn
October 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
if anyone has reccomendations for PS3 games let me know, I wanna make the most of it while I've got it set up.
October 7, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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25) CoD Ghosts: Fancied a shooter after several MGS games, haven't replayed Ghosts and I see why. It's pretty average, no standout moments aside from some brief space sections which were neat. It also ends on a cliffhanger that I'm sure they'll follow up on soon, only been 12 years after all.

5/10
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October 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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24) MGS4: A fantastic game throughout all aspects, finally being able to crouch walk, move and shoot are godsends for making the gameplay much smoother. The final boss fight is so well done. It's a shame this is stuck on PS3 as it could do with having a framerate boost.

9/10
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October 4, 2025 at 9:54 AM
I wish there were more cowboy games, I'm still in the mood but I think maybe it's too soon to replay RDRII again
September 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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22) MGS3: Best way to describe this one is that I'm a little mixed on this game. Additions like the camouflage, food & cure systems are interesting ways to change the gameplay up, but food doesn't seem to give you health even rations don't when they did in the prior 2 games.
September 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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21) MGS 2: A massive step up from the first MGS, from graphics to the gameplay. It's wild to think this one was only 3 years later. First person aiming is a godsend but there's still no crouch walk and the sword controls are quite crap.
September 24, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Next Feb/March is starting to look pretty stacked games wise, my wallets probably gonna end up screwed.
September 25, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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Look at the bottom right corner, chooms 👀
September 25, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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20) Metal Gear Solid: Finally played this one and while I ended up quite liking it I do feel like it hasn't aged too well. The Story and characters are really fun and there's some stuff thats surprising to see in a 1998 stealth game such as enemies being able to see your footprints in the snow.
September 20, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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19) Red Dead Redemption II: I haven't replayed this since 2018 and boy what a crime that is, this game is long, beautiful and epic. Quite frankly it is one of my favourite games of all time with lovable characters a tragic story and a fun map to run around in. 10/10
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September 14, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Something about One Piece being right next to QI is really funny to me
July 4, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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Hi folks! I'm actively searching for a UK-based entry-level UX/UI Design job or internship and have been for over a year now. I specialise in wireframing and mid to high-fidelity prototyping. If anyone knows of anything, please let me know!! I'm losing my mind! #uxjobs #entryleveljobs #jobhunting
June 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Switch 2 is pretty fun so far, Mario Kart World is as chaotic as ever, I do wonder what I'll end up thinking of the open world. Mouse controls on Cyberpunk are insane, thats gonna be such a game changer for other games like Prime 4
June 6, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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12) Played Sniper Elite Resistance last week, a pretty decent game like the rest of the franchise where you can violently shoot nazis in slow mo. However much like the other games theres a decent amount of jank to the movement and AI. 6/10
June 3, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Replaying Kid Icarus Uprising and imagining how well it would work on Switch 2 with the mouse controls
April 21, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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In the effort to make myself more present on here and to help remember the media I've consumed this year, I've decided to start writing a list to keep track.

I've started to write about the films I've watched here:
letterboxd.com/relevantaura4/

This list will therefore be the games/shows I've done
relevantaura4’s profile
relevantaura4 uses Letterboxd to share film reviews and lists. 9 films watched. Favorites: The Empire Strikes Back (1980), GoldenEye (1995), Back to the Future (1985), The Matrix (1999).
letterboxd.com
January 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM